She chose slum kids over a foreign job!

She chose slum kids over a foreign job!

- F. M. BRITTO

“Would you like to coach freely some slum kids for 1-2 hours on weekends?” a companion asked the second year bio-medical student.

Just for an outing, Kinjal Shah agreed to go that Saturday evening with 5-6 girls to the nearby Gulbai Tekra slum in Ahmadabad, Gujarat.

Kinjal found the government school kids interesting, inspiring and intelligent. Their parents are involved in making statues. They engaged their children too in their traditional occupation.

“I always wanted to do something in the education field. Why not I too contribute to society,” Kinjal asked herself that evening.

Though in the beginning she taught the kids only on weekends, gradually it became a daily schedule. Besides explaining their school lessons, Kinjal also taught these underprivileged children what was not taught in the schools — basic hygiene, nutrition and supplementary education.